statistics
Ed's Ink: Jumping To Conclusions About Statistical Data & Events
November 19 by Ed's InkLearning is thinking with other people's ideas. The trick is to associate, adapt, magnify, minify, substitute and rearrange. Ed's Ink by MMN's editorial staff provides you with a unique opportunity le...
The Perils of Polling: Can Polling Really Predict Midterm Election Results? (Part I)
September 13 by Editorial Staff at Management Matters NetworkAfter reading this article, you will be in a better position to understand what really happened with respect to the 2016 presidential polls and extrapolate lessons learned to the 2018 midterm election...
Be Data Literate Part I: How Aggregated Data Misleads Management
September 05 by Ed's InkAn alarming number of people today lack understanding of the dangers of overly aggregated data. This article discusses what disaggregated data is, and why it’s important for management decision-making...
Perils of Polling: Neglecting the Inclusion of Non-Customers In Market Studies Part 2
October 13 by Editorial Staff at Management Matters NetworkEditor’s Note:Perils of Polling: Part I defined the term statistical universe and warned of the dangers of statistical ignorance in polling results.The statistical universe consists of all things abou...
A Painless Look at Using Statistical Techniques to Find the Root Cause of a Problem
September 30 by Editorial Staff at Management Matters NetworkEditor's note: There are three concepts that must be understood by all Six Sigma and management practitioners/decision-makers: homogeneity, detecting significant variation in performance metrics, and...